There’s a lot of talk in the media dealing with the term “fund balance.” The same was the case in 2006 when I became a Cranberry Township supervisor. Back then, Cranberr...
The issue of Pennsylvania’s out-of-step system of selling beer, wine and liquor is again being debated in Harrisburg.
The issue should be about practical, common-sense r...
President Barack Obama should take a lesson on how a former president’s emphasis on market economics won crucial moderate voters.
After Obama’s inaugural address, where ...
Vladimir Putin has sparked international outcry by banning adoptions of Russian children by American families. His action immediately halted the departure of hundreds of...
Leadership Butler County’s Class of 2013 scored a winning touchdown, hit a grand-slam home run, and executed a slam-dunk — all over the period of several hours on the ev...
WASHINGTON — Immigration reform is coming. Let’s get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan. It granted amne...
At long last, comprehensive immigration reform is receiving serious attention from President Barack Obama and many members of Congress. It’s about time.
The broad soluti...
As President Obama contemplates his second term, he has been talking to historians about another two-term president, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
We think of Ike as a great mil...
The Butler School District isn’t an athletic recruiting agency and, thus, should have rejected participation in a student’s appeal of a Western Pennsylvania Interscholas...
Given the rapid expansion of cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania, it’s appropriate to bring more attention to the schools, including their academic and financial resul...
